Tom Graczkowski is an award winning composer, graduated from the Music Industry Arts and Digital Applications programs of Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, Canada.  He was recognized in Keyboard Magazine as their "Unsigned Artist of the Month" and honored by Studio 306 in Toronto with an "Outstanding Achievement" Award for excellence in audio post production.  Tom’s TDimension Studios is dedicated to providing audio services of the highest quality on time and on budget.  These include original music composition or licensing, sound design and sound editing for visual media including but not limited to TV, commercials, film, animation, web and video games.  Tom’s music can be heard in numerous independent films with his most recent project an original score for a stage play based on The Phantom Tollbooth (Click Here), a famous children’s adventure novel and modern fairy tale published in 1961, written by Norton Juster.  Due to its appeal the score was used again in another version of the play presented by the Volcano Theatre Company in Volcano, California.  When scoring a project, Tom’s mission isn’t just about writing amazing pieces of music but to tell stories that invoke genuine emotions.  Tom’s "Infected" theme (Click Here) was the winner of the 2009 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) apprentice music contest and announced during the 7th annual G.A.N.G. Audio Awards (Click Here) ceremony held in San Francisco, California.  Last but not least, Tom is a recipient of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest "Honorable Mention" for his electronica composition "Space (Wide Open Place)".

As an informant, Tom was invited to contribute to three books, the Complete Guide to Game Audio by Aaron Marks (Click Here), the Game Audio Development by Aaron Marks and Jeannie Novak as well as the Game Industry Career Guide by Michael E. Moore and Jeannie Novak. Furthermore, TriOS College in London, Ontario invited him to give a presentation to their game design students about all things game audio. Tom’s experience, creativity, dedication to high quality and positive attitude make him the ideal composer to call on your next project.

Music Credits

2012

• An un−named Animated Short (in progress)

2011

• Interactive Project (soon to be released)
• PC Game project (soon to be released)
• Licensed score to Volcano Theatre Company for the Phantom Tollbooth stage play.  See poster


• Mystical Voyage cue licensed to Promise Phan for her "Fantasy Elf Queen Make-up Tutorial" video (Click Here)


• Mystical Voyage licensed to Agape Flights video commermorating the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort (Click Here)

2010

• The Phantom Tollbooth stage stage play score presented by Plymouth Highschool (Click Here)

2008

• "Caught Red Handed" cue licensed for indie film − Pip and Zastrow: An American Legend (IMdb)

2007

• "Catch that Penguin" cue licensed to Australian indie film − A Touch of Courage

2002

• Scored Yoga at Sandy video released on DVD

Awards and Recognitions

2009

• Zombie theme "Infected" (Click Here) wins the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Music Apprentice contest.  Winner announced at the 7th annual G.A.N.G Awards in San Francisco, California (Click Here)

2005

• "Outstanding Achievement" Award for excellence in Digital Applications (DA) Program at Fanshawe College presented by Studio 306 of Toronto

2004

• Best Music Programming Award − Fanshawe College

2003

• Keyboard Magazine recognition of "Unsigned Artist of the Month"

2001

• Space (wide open place) receives an Honorable Mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Other Credits and Activities

2010

• Invited by TriOS College to do one hour lecture on game audio to video game design students


• Contributed to book: Game Industry Career Guide by Michael E. Moore and Jeannie Novak

2009

• Contributed to book: Complete Guide to Game Audio 2nd Edition by Aaron Marks


• contributed to book: Game Development Essentials: Game Audio Development by Jeannie Novak and Aaron Marks


• Participated in a score reading event presented by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (S.C.G.C.), my "John Connor" theme was performed live by a 40 piece orchestra and recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto

2004

• Assisted Juno Award winning engineer Kevin Doyle (Passion of Christ, Lazurus Child) at the mixing console during his presentation on surround mixing − Fanshawe College